“It is possible that some of these countries don’t want ISIS (ISIL) expansion in Syria and Iraq, but they apparently don’t want to do away with the ISIS. They want to use this terrorist structure for threatening and blackmailing other countries,” Interfax news agency on Thursday quoted him as saying.

To put an end to the ongoing armed conflict in Syria between the government troops and international militants, such countries as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some European countries should stop arming the terrorists, the Syrian president said.